Colette writes that he has discussed a delay with prosecutors and they don’t object. Continuances are common in federal court.

Epps and McCrory have pleaded not guilty to charges that McCrory gave Epps hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes starting in 2007 in exchange for Epps steering prison contracts to companies McCrory owned or consulted for. Epps faces hundreds of years in prison and millions in fines.